R. Metkemeijer et P. Achard, COMPARISON OF AMMONIA AND METHANOL APPLIED INDIRECTLY IN A HYDROGEN FUEL-CELL, International journal of hydrogen energy, 19(6), 1994, pp. 535-542
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Energy & Fuels","Environmental Sciences","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
In this paper a comparison is presented between ammonia and methanol,
applied indirectly in a hydrogen/air fuel cell. The calculations prese
nted here concentrate on the specific energy of the carburants (amount
of electricity produced per mass of fuel), specific energy of the car
burants corrected for the mass and volume of the tank, and the overall
energy efficiency (amount of electricity produced by one kilogramme o
f carburant divided by the amount of energy needed for the production
of one kilogramme of this carburant). Taking into consideration the di
fferences in efficiencies between the acid fuel cell and the alkaline
fuel cells, the reformer temperatures, the reforming efficiencies and
some ecological and economical considerations, it appears that ammonia
is a more interesting fuel than methanol for certain applications.